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#554D7F

#554d7f ≈ Dark Slate Blue

  • blue
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#554d7f is a color from the blue family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 33.33% red, 30.2% green and 49.8% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 33.07% cyan, 39.37% magenta, 0% yellow and 50.2% black. Its hue angle is 249.6°, with 24.51% saturation and 40% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Dark Slate Blue (#483d8b), ΔE 7.27.

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Web safe#666666
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Relative luminance0.0877

Complementary

  1. #554d7f
  2. #777f4d

Split complementary

  1. #554d7f
  2. #7f6e4d
  3. #5e7f4d

Analogous

  1. #4d5e7f
  2. #554d7f
  3. #6e4d7f

Triadic

  1. #554d7f
  2. #7f554d
  3. #4d7f55

Tetradic

  1. #554d7f
  2. #7f4d77
  3. #777f4d
  4. #4d7f55

Square

  1. #554d7f
  2. #7f4d5e
  3. #777f4d
  4. #4d7f6e

Monochromatic

  1. #151320
  2. #35304f
  3. #554d7f
  4. #7970a8
  5. #a6a0c5

Shades

#554d7f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #554d7f
  2. #4d4572
  3. #443e66
  4. #3c3659
  5. #332e4c
  6. #2b2740
  7. #221f33
  8. #1a1726
  9. #110f19
  10. #09080d
  11. #000000

Tints

#554d7f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #554d7f
  2. #665f8c
  3. #777199
  4. #8882a5
  5. #9994b2
  6. #aaa6bf
  7. #bbb8cc
  8. #cccad9
  9. #dddbe5
  10. #eeedf2
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#554d7f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #554d7f
  2. #59527f
  3. #5e577f
  4. #625c7f
  5. #66617f
  6. #6b6780
  7. #6f6c80
  8. #737180
  9. #777680
  10. #7c7b80
  11. #808080

Readable text 7.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 2.75:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #545454 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #545168 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #3e5581 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #3e527e ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #4b5660 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #485280 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #48507e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #4f536e ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-554d7f {
  color: #554d7f;
}
Background
.bg-554d7f {
  background-color: #554d7f;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-554d7f {
  border: 2px solid #554d7f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #554d7f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 85 77 127;
  --color-primary-hsl: 250 25% 40%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-554d7f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #554d7f, #6e4d7f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-554d7f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(85 77 127 / 0.35);
}

#483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 7.27 #7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 10.19 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 11.24 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 11.25 #4f42b5 Ocean Blue ΔE 11.47 #6c3082 Eminence ΔE 11.68 #0f4d92 Yale Blue ΔE 13.69 #aab280 Inverted #545454 Grayscale 

Dark Slate Blue
#554d7f  rgb(85, 77, 127)  hsl(250, 25%, 40%)  Dark Slate Blue
#777f4d  rgb(119, 127, 77)  hsl(70, 25%, 40%)  Moss Green
#7f554d  rgb(127, 85, 77)  hsl(10, 25%, 40%)  Tuscan Red
#4d7f55  rgb(77, 127, 85)  hsl(130, 25%, 40%)  Fern Green